East is East and West is West and sometimes the twain do meet -- if only briefly.

 In the 1860s, a widowed British governess named Anna Leonowens arrived in Siam (now known as Thailand) to tutor the royal children of King Mongkut.
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Anna And The King originates in the same source material that produced the musical The King And I, a now-musty relic full of quaint Rodgers & Hammerstein songs.

 No one whistles a happy tune in the new movie. For that, I am eternally grateful.
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